Find the five blocks within the grid.
The numbers on the edge tell you how many tiles are filled in on that row/column.

Not all rows/columns have numbers, so watch out for that!

You can Print off a Sheet full of puzzles here, or Play in your browser, here.

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Right then..
Time to start on this week's Petit Switch game.

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Oh yeah, Jumping Jack is that thing where the little guy hops his way up a tower, then gets hit by a random enemy, then falls, then is stunned just long enough that he can't avoid the oncoming fall, then falls, then is stunned again, falls, falls more and falls again, until he's down at the bottom of the level again, and you're left angry and rage-quit.

It's that one, isn't it..

Bugger.
Right, name change incoming.
Please ignore any and all oddities in the database!!

Guide Jack through the maze trying to light up all the squares, but watch out for the evil ghosties!

The game was originally intended to be a Q*Bert clone, but with a less diagonal approach. People REALLY dislike the diagonal controls of Q*Bert!
Once flattened, however, the game actually ended up being more like Oh Mummy, with the end result being somewhere inbetween.

Quick reflexes necessary, and try not to fall!

You can Play Jack on the Blocks in the Browsercade in your browser, on Desktop, Mobile or Tablet.

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Welcome back to AGameAWeek, and the first game you'll be playing if you don't have Petit Switch.
This morning I need to double check the gameplay on Jumping Jack, then get it all uploaded, take a video, upload that, then faff about with all the blog stuff.

Chaos!

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Michael Fernie has been posting a bunch of ideas into the new game suggestion box. Feel free to post your own!

One of his suggestions is actually a game I've been thinking about myself, for the past few weeks.

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I didn't want to make a "Proper" QBert clone because people really seem to hate the diagonal controls of QBert, so have instead made it flatter and squarer.

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Yesterday I spent the day working on a new game idea list, from scratch.

For the past few years I've been working from an old idea list that slowly grew into insane levels, but it's gotten to the point where all the ideas on the list are ever so slightly samey.

So, starting from scratch, I've made a list of ideas that might work well within a new year of AGameAWeek's.

The list isn't very large, though, so if you've any ideas or concepts that you'd like to see me tackle, you can Post your ideas here.
It's just like the old Mailbag form, except it's a new Mailbag form!

There's also a Game Ideas Pool thread set up over at SoCoder, where you can leave thoughts, suggestions, and even tweak around with other people's ideas, too.

Send your ideas, and we'll see what comes of them.